Download or read book Playing Back the 80s written by Jim Beviglia and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thanks to the dawn of MTV and the affordability of the synthesizer, a generation of innovative artists created one of the last great glory eras of pop music. Playing Back the 80s features original interviews with over sixty artists, producers, session players, writers and others who were directly involved with the most memorable songs of the decade.